Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Optimism co-founder Karl Floersch said at EthCC that Ethereum is transitioning toward “professionalization and customization,” and that Layer 2 technology is evolving into a modular architecture to meet enterprise needs. He also emphasized that OP Stack’s open-source nature will help improve blockchain security and interoperability, driving the development of Web3 applications.

Gate News message, on March 31, Polymarket data shows that the probability of predicting that Predict.fun will launch the day after FDV exceeds $100 million is 82%, the probability of exceeding $50 million is 94%, the probability of exceeding $200 million is 63%, the probability of exceeding $300 million is 48%, and the probability of exceeding $400 million is 36%. As of now, the trading volume of this prediction market has already exceeded $2.98 million.

Former a16z crypto investor Sam Broner and friend Adam Zuckerman co-founded The Better Money Company, raising a $10 million seed round. The company will build a stablecoin clearinghouse, provide low-cost exchange services, and plans to support all tokens that comply with the Genius Act. The product is expected to launch within weeks.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, COCOA (Cocoa) has surged by 6% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

Gate News message, March 31: Traders lowered their bets on further interest rate hikes from the European Central Bank, estimating a 50% chance that it will raise rates by 25 basis points in April.

Against the backdrop of a decline in the U.S. stock market and weak performance in gold, investors have poured into U.S. Treasury bond ETFs. Net inflows in March were about $30 billion, and ultra-short-term products have been popular. Analysts advise holding cash and waiting for opportunities, and Buffett also bought $17 billion in Treasury bonds.

2026-03-31 12:15 to 12:30 (UTC), ETH rose 0.67% on the short-term, with a price range of 2035.48–2052.7 USDT and a volatility of 0.85%. During this period, on-chain activity increased significantly, market attention warmed up instantly, candlestick chart volatility intensified, indicating that short-term capital quickly moved in and drove prices higher. The main driving force behind this unusual move is large on-chain capital inflows. On-chain data shows that within 10 minutes, the total transfer volume reached $420,000, and the number of transactions expanded accordingly. Combined with exchange ETH reserves falling to 16 million, a new historical low, market liquidity is extremely tight.

Gate News reports that on March 31, stablecoin issuer Tether laid off several top gold traders who had been recruited just a few months earlier from HSBC.

The U.S. prediction market industry faces legislative pressure amid rapid expansion, with monthly trading volume rising from $1.2 billion to $20 billion. Six bills are being advanced by Congress, covering contracts that would prohibit insider trading and related sensitive events, while multiple states have filed lawsuits against the relevant platforms and regulation is tightening.

AWAKE（LGNS）announced on March 31 that it has completed the first round of the $100 million dual-chain ecosystem plan ILO. The total project size is $220 million, and it plans to launch a dual-chain parallel development strategy after completing the ILO, while deploying new contracts on Anubis Chain.

Gate News reports that on March 31, Buffett stated that if the market declines sharply, Berkshire Hathaway will deploy its cash. Buffett also mentioned that this week Berkshire purchased $17.0 billion worth of U.S. Treasury bonds.

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, ETH breaks through 2050 USDT, current price 2050.68 USDT.

Gate News message. On March 31, the Bitcoin developer community is advancing a Bitcoin improvement proposal BIP360 (Pay to Merkle Root) aimed at strengthening Bitcoin’s resistance to quantum attacks. The relevant testnets have been deployed. According to information from Bitcoin Magazine, the corresponding code was submitted on February 11 and passed verification, signaling that the Bitcoin community is making technical preparations and upgrading defenses in advance to address potential quantum computing threats.

Interactive Brokers announces that through its Irish subsidiary, it has opened crypto asset trading to eligible investors across the European Economic Area (EEA), supporting 11 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, offering 24/7 trading, with commissions of approximately 0.12%-0.18%.

Gate News message, March 31, the Canton Foundation announced that Circle has become a super validator of the Canton Network. At the same time, the USDCx stablecoin officially launched on Canton. USDCx is supported by USDC and has full Canton privacy protection functionality.

Oskar Thoren of the Ethereum Foundation said at the EthCC conference that privacy should be core infrastructure for Ethereum, emphasizing the importance of protecting business strategies and transaction privacy, as well as how the maturity of privacy technologies supports institutions. He introduced three R&D directions of the Privacy Maintainers team: privacy writing, privacy reading, and privacy proofs, to advance Ethereum’s privacy protection.

Panther Macro’s Claus Vistesen report says the European Central Bank is expected to raise rates in the coming months, with inflation rising to 2.5% in March and potentially stabilizing in a range of 2.5% to 3.0%. It is expected to raise rates by 25 basis points in June and July, but weak economic conditions could make rate cuts a policy option. The central bank will seek to strike a balance between inflation and recession risks.

Gate News message: On March 31, according to Arkham monitoring, about 1 hour ago, BlackRock transferred 4,833 ETH (worth approximately $9.78 million) to a certain CEX address via its Ethereum exchange-traded fund ETHA; then, about 50 minutes ago, it transferred 204.045 BTC (worth approximately $13.53 million) to a certain CEX address via its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT.

Wintermute says the easing window for the situation is coming to an end. The cap on risk assets is lower than before, making it difficult for Bitcoin to stay above $700,000. If diplomatic progress goes smoothly and oil prices pull back, Bitcoin could rebound to $70,000–$74,000; if conditions deteriorate, it could fall to $60,000, or even to $50,000–$55,000. The extent of market volatility may exceed current pricing.

Gate News message, March 31: After Elon Musk on the X platform reposted discussions related to Google’s quantum security white paper, he commented: “On the bright side, if you forget your wallet password, maybe in the future you can still get it back.” This remark sparked interest in the crypto community, and advances in quantum computing technology may bring new changes to the field of cryptography.